GM slashing first-quarter production, closing Fort Wayne plant temporarily

(Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette

Friday, December 12, 2008 11:18 AM

By Marty Schladen, The Journal Gazette

mschladen@jg.net

General Motors Corp. is cutting another 250,000 vehicles from its first-quarter production schedule by temporarily closing its Fort Wayne plant and 19 other factories.

GM's Allen County assembly plant employs 2,700 and its Defiance, Ohio, foundry employs 1,500.

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